Improvement in wood-splitting- machines



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' WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS; `or NEW YORK, N.' Y.

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The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it mgl/y concern..- y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, of the' i city and'Stateof New York, haveA invented and made Aa certain new and useful Improvement in MeansA for f pieces becoming wedged together in the feeding trough.

To obviate this difficulty thesides of the'trough have been fitted to yield, and the feeding-chain has also been made to yield. rIhis generally prevents obstruction to` the movement of the wood, but .does not, insure the feeding of the same when there may be only a small quantity of wood tol be operated upon by the feeding-chains at any giventime; hence in the split#4 tingV machines heretofore in use, the Wood frequently, hadto be pushed forward by hand, at the risk of injury to the attendant, and irregularity of feed.

The nature'of my said invention consists in the arrangement of the swinging arm tovvhich .the chain is applied, the moving end of the arm being nearest to the knives, or towards which swingingV end the wood moves. 'lhe arm is kept towards the wdod by a yielding pres-V sure from a spring or weight, so as te yield to the wood when the mass is increased,'o,r follow up in contact with the same, if the'quautity is lessened, thereby in suring a continuous action upon the wood and a regularity of feed 'tb the kindling-wood machine.

In the drawinga is the bed;

, bb, the side pieces forming the feeding-trough;

when required.

e, the frame carrying the crank-shaft f; and

g is the pitman to the knives or cutters h. p

These parts are to be of any usual or'desired character. f

7c is a pulley on a vertical shaft, i, which shaft also forms the centre on which the arm l swings.

Y n is the feeding-chain carrying the dogs or feeding-` hooks, and this chain passes aroundthe pulley k, and also around the pulley m, atfthe moving end of the arm l.

The arm l should have offsets for the chain to run upon, and the pulley-lt be provided'with spurs or recesses to cause the proper movement of the chain by the rotation of the pulley by competent power.

-o is a spring, or it might be aweight actingtopress the moving end of the arm vtowards the wood. Y It willbe evident that when two chains and arms.

are employed upon 'opposite sides of the trough, asA shown, the feed of the woodfwill be more reliable than with only one chain. .I do not, however, confine myself to the use of two.

, I have represented the shaft p, and mitre-gears q r,

.Y and the ratchet-wheel sand pawl t, actuated from the shaft f, as the means for giving motion to the shafts t.

The pulley m should be tted upon an adjustable gudgeon, so as to allowpfor tightening the feeding-chain What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat# ent, is

The swinging arm land-pulley la, arranged as specified, to carry the feeding-chain for moving the wood in the trough of a wood-splitting machine, substantially as set forth.

In witness` whereof, I have hereunto set my signa-` I ture, this `28th dayof September, A. D. 1868.l p

` f W. Il. W'ILLIAMS.

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CEAS. H. SMITH, Geo. T. `Pmolnunz. 

